Sentences with word «drumbeat»

There has been a steady drumbeat of criticism aimed at Twitter and its failure to take action to stop hate speech on the platform, apart from certain special cases, including an incident in July when black actor and comedian Leslie Jones was targeted by racists.

The steady drumbeat of negative journalism had its effect: Public opinion about the quality of American public education dropped from 1973 to 2012.

There is a constant drumbeat of criticism about market valuation using forward earnings.

There is a constant drumbeat for change in law firms — from greater efficiency in service delivery to more creative pricing strategies and alternative staffing structures.

There is such an incessant drumbeat on this now.

The pro-Bill de Blasio drumbeat continues, with the labor - backed Working Families Party announcing its full support of the public advocate's candidacy — yet another development that will make it increasingly difficult for Bill Thompson to remain in the runoff, should the tallying of paper ballots push de Blasio below the magic 40 percent mark.

I hadn't meant to comment again today, but I just want to thank Jeff Huggins for his steady drumbeat about Exxon.

While we could hear drumbeats and strumming - guitar notes, the music was noticeably tinny and somewhat muffled.

Blaming the SED for implementation has been a steady drumbeat from Cuomo, while artfully deflecting the undeniable fact he is the architect of what is being implemented, and that's flawed as well.

While we haven't heard much from the President on Keystone XL recently, we've certainly been hearing the continued drumbeat against it from so many activists nationwide.

This concern about public paralysis came out of communication studies years ago, when most reporters were still focused on a relentless drumbeat of bad news, Leiserowitz says.

The public and political drumbeat over these issues led the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) to create a study group charged with developing policy recommendations for a strong teaching profession.

The growing drumbeat for Skelos's ouster comes after 16 of his fellow colleagues in the conference affirmed their support for his leadership, despite the charges.

Heather Payne's adaptation has a decidedly pop feel to it, with a driving drumbeat and electric guitar lead.

The thumping drumbeats mesmerize the magical tribe of Cirque to join the people of Polynesia for an enchanted evening that changes both their lives forever.

No successful public school teacher or principal or superintendent appears in the film; indeed there is no mention of any successful public school, only the incessant drumbeat on the theme of public school failure.

«Bom, bom - bom, BAP» When Brian Wilson first heard Hal Blaine's drumbeat coming out of his car radio, he was so awestruck that he had to pull over and listen.

2017 has been a remarkable year for business climate action, with a loud drumbeat of innovation, investment and action, on critical areas, such as science based targets and renewable energy.

Best Documentary / Non-Fiction Film Winner: «Amy» Runner - Up: «The Look of Silence» Lowdown: A huge and, frankly, unexpected win for the «Amy» team who are trying to slowdown the critical drumbeat for «Silence.»

The paid sick day bill drumbeat rolled on today, with yet another press conference on the steps of City Hall calling for Council Speaker Christine Quinn to allow a vote on the legislation she has long bottled up.

Decrying President Obama's «war on coal» is a common drumbeat of these anti-regulation groups.

As the national drumbeat for college readiness grows louder, policymakers and scholars trumpet the potent role that a school's «college - going culture» can play.

It does take heroic perseverance to keep demanding accuracy; the steadily increasing drumbeat of disinformation can be disheartening (little nod to kim, there).

Talent is being redefined by millennials and Generation Z. Today, talent is about developing your own following, marching to your own drumbeat, and about having the courage of your convictions.

A soulful, passionate tempo marks «Jazz Vocal,» while «Good - bye to Old Bob Johnson» is a somber farewell to a legendary artist marked by low drumbeats and slow - paced lyrics.

Nor did the public's evaluation of American schools change much between 2007 and 2009, despite the media drumbeat of negative information about dropout rates and test scores.

High - quality bonds, in fact, have seen a huge year for issuance despite the continual drumbeat of fixed income fears.

At Athenahealth, for example, which Elliott targeted this spring, Cohn has been polite and even complimentary in his interactions with management, despite being a «regular drumbeat» of a presence, according to people close to the health IT company.

Creation, in other words, began the persistent drumbeat that continues to this day.

35 This theme is a repetitive drumbeat in his City of God, where he asserted that, regardless of our finite sense of historical developments occurring under the sway of merely human forces:

In addition to the question of whether Mr. de Blasio — who won a primary with middling turnout and a general with dismal turnout — has earned his stripes to set an agenda for the Democratic Party nationwide, back at home there is the familiar drumbeat that perhaps the mayor ought to pay attention to his own city, a theme that has spread beyond the territorial tabloids and into stories in the city's higher - minded broadsheets.

McAuley and colleagues tested a group of children who stuttered and a group who didn't by having them listen to and then identify rhythmic drumbeats in the context of a computer game.

6 Surprising Things American Parents Really Think about Education Deseret News, 9/2/16 «It's no surprise that people think teachers are paid less than they are, says Marty West, an associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, since there is a constant drumbeat suggesting otherwise.

Source Cincinnati Executive Director Julie Calvert describes it as a «slow drumbeat of negativity.

It's been noticeable how the manic drumbeat of the self - publishing zealots has died down in the past year, but so effective has their message been that most authors feel almost compelled to consider that route [self - publishing] at the first sign of any rejection.

While the usual drumbeat of cryptocurrency innovation calls for «banking the unbanked», a startup called Omise actually has the opposite goal: «unbanking the banked».

Reviewing the work in Frieze, Colin Perry writes: «As the sun starts to set, the soundtrack changes to a programmed drumbeat and, as a coda, he plays a thumping tune to the landscape on a keyboard and a battery — powered amplifier.

Compounding this price tag pain is the fact that the SLS rocket is a one - time - use machine, which must be discarded after each flight (as opposed to the reusability drumbeat echoing throughout the entrepreneurial space industry).

Instead, the bass was as tightly controlled as the treble, drumbeats playing with smooth precision.

Trump's gendered attacks on Kelly have been a steady drumbeat since the first time the two locked horns in the August GOP debate.

In reality, those activities increase conformity, stifle diversity and keep you marching to the same drumbeat as everyone else.

The Nunes memo has been released — and the conservative drumbeat demanding the firing of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is getting louder.

For thousands of years, information had been exchanged long distance through drumbeats and smoke signals.

When Santorum or Rick Perry was the nominee it was all about social issues and bringing us back to being a «Christian nation» in good standing with God for the Republicans, we heard a never ending drumbeat about abortion, prayer in schools, teaching creationism, and trying to end funding for planned parenthood, even stopping the funding of birth control.